{"id":28445,"date":"2026-05-23T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/28445\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:26:08","slug":"i-think-even-he-doesnt-know-atletico-madrid-star-uncertain-about-barcelona-targets-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/28445\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I think even he doesn&#8217;t know&#8217; &#8211; Atletico Madrid star uncertain about Barcelona target&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the major stories heading into the summer transfer window is the future of Julian Alvarez, who is one of the key summer targets for FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 26-year-old striker remains contracted with Los Rojiblancos until the summer of 2030 and is protected by a mammoth release clause worth \u20ac500 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with Barcelona, other top clubs like French champions PSG and English champions Arsenal are also interested in the Argentine forward.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Llorente unsure if Alvarez will stay at Atletico<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest person to speak publicly about Alvarez\u2019s situation was his Atletico Madrid teammate Marcos Llorente during an interview on COPE (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/atletico-madrid\/20260522\/1004186402\/llorente-no-ve-claro-futuro-julian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tottenham-hotspur-fc-v-atletico-de-madrid-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-round-of-16-second-leg-1024x.jpeg\" alt=\"Julian Alvarez and Marcos Llorente of Atletico Madrid\" class=\"wp-image-200451\"  \/>Llorente unsure about Alvarez\u2019s plans. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish international began by admitting that even inside Atletico\u2019s dressing room there is uncertainty regarding what the forward plans to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know, we don\u2019t know anything. I think that even he doesn\u2019t know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then expanded on why he avoids discussing such topics directly with his teammate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t ask him about those things. It\u2019s a very awkward question. I don\u2019t have the personality to approach Julian and ask him what he\u2019s going to do, if he\u2019s leaving or not. I still lack that ability,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Journalist Juanma Castano then suggested that his impression was that Alvarez may want to move to \u201ca bigger club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Llorente did not dismiss the idea and simply responded: \u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/real-sociedad-v-atletico-de-madrid-copa-del-rey-final-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Julian Alvarez of Atletico Madrid\" class=\"wp-image-200453\"  \/>Julian Alvarez remains a key target for Barcelona. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Atletico Madrid star ended the discussion by emphasising the feeling he currently gets from the player inside the squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI see him well,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona want Alvarez to make a move<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite recent links to Joao Pedro of Chelsea, Barcelona still <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-do-not-intend-to-rush-things-in-pursuit-of-new-striker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">consider Julian Alvarez their primary target<\/a> to reinforce the centre-forward position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, given the complications expected in the deal, they want the Argentine international to make a gesture in order for them to press ahead with talks with Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, Barcelona are not planning to rush things and will evaluate all possibilities carefully before acting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the major stories heading into the summer transfer window is the future of Julian Alvarez, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[179,92,222,223,674,82,2900],"class_list":["post-28445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-madrid","tag-marcos-llorente"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}